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Dealing with the body in everyday family life.
Especially in the first years of life, parents and the immediate family are particularly important for development. They are important role models that children look to for guidance. Dealing with each other and with one's own body is exemplified and learned in the family. Many situations in everyday family life consolidate the children's identity. In the best case, children are strengthened by these experiences, develop a positive relationship to their own bodies and learn to trust themselves and their bodies.

For example, parents can discuss the following questions with each other:

- What helpful support do you have for parenting issues?
- How is your child involved in everyday personal hygiene?
- In what situations do you cuddle and hug in your family?

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Healthy child development is the best preparation for later life.
The most important components for a healthy upbringing are shaped from an early age in the family. Parents who love their children and care about their physical, mental and health development are important for this.

In a parents' talk, mothers and fathers exchange views on various aspects of "growing up healthy" for their children.

Parents could discuss the following questions with each other:

What is your child's favourite food?
What games do you like to play with your children?
Which sport does your child like?
What family festivities do you celebrate?

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Every family has rules and rituals that simplify living together.
They show boundaries, but also define free spaces. Each individual family member has his or her own needs, for which time must be planned in the family's daily routine.

Children should learn to abide by rules at an early age in order to find their way first in the family and later in the world.
In a parents' talk, mothers and fathers exchange ideas about different rules and their implementation.

Parents could discuss the following questions with each other:

What common rituals do you have, e.g. for birthdays or holidays?
How does your child react to fixed rules?
At what times of the day does your child have free space and when do you?
What does the Youth Protection Act regulate?

You can order information material on the topic of youth protection laws here.

The world is full of games!
People have probably always played games everywhere. Games are an integral part of our leisure time activities and at the same time an important part of the educational process. This is because children learn about their own preferences and abilities through play and thus explore their environment.

It's all fun, because play is voluntary and self-determined.

In a parents' talk, parents exchange ideas about their own childhood games and about the importance of playtime in everyday family life.

Parents could discuss the following questions with each other:

What are your children's favourite games and what used to be your favourite games?
Where can your children play without set rules?
What and when do you play together with your children?
What is boredom good for?

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a United Nations (UN) resolution that has been signed in almost every country in the world.
It is not legally binding, but it documents common values among peoples.

There is a separate Convention on the Rights of the Child that sets standards for the protection of children. Children and adolescents in Germany have a right to the support of their development and to be brought up as independent and socially competent personalities.

Parents are responsible for the upbringing and development of their children.

Parents could discuss the following questions with each other:

Why are children's rights so important?
What do parents need to do so that their children learn these values?
Do you have any arrangements in your family where your children have special rights?
What do you wish for your children's lives?

Information on the topic of "children's rights" can be found here.

The Youth Protection Act serves to protect children and young people in public.
It determines the age at which children and adolescents may have access to certain media content (films and computer games). It also regulates how long girls and boys may stay in restaurants and at dancing events.

There are regulations on the sale of tobacco and alcohol and their consumption in public. Only adults are punished for violations of the Youth Protection Act, for example the kiosk owner who sells cigarettes to young people.

Parents could discuss the following questions with each other:

Up to what age is one considered a child in Germany, up to what age is one considered an adolescent?
At what age are children allowed to go to the cinema alone?
What do the age labels for films and computer games mean?
What rights do parents have?

You can order information material on the topic of youth protection laws here.